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Helmet worn by Canadian F1 great Gilles Villeneuve sells for record US$1. 25 M
11+ hour, 27+ min ago (413+ words) MONTREAL " Gilles Villeneuve's helmet from his final Formula One race in 1982 has sold for a record US$1. 25 million ($1. 727 million), according to a motorsports memorabilia collector. Darren Jack, president and CEO of Hall of Fame Collection based in Burlington, Ont. , said…...
Mercedes teen star Kimi Antonelli wins the Canadian Grix Prix for his fourth straight F1 victory
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (18+ words) MONTREAL (AP) " Mercedes teen star Kimi Antonelli wins the Canadian Grix Prix for his fourth straight F1 victory....
Max Verstappen's hopes of win on 24-hour race debut ended by mechanical issue
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (294+ words) Verstappen had been leading Sunday morning by over half a minute, sharing a Mercedes AMG GT3 car with experienced sportscar racers Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon and Dani Juncadella. Juncadella had just taken over from Verstappen when he had to slow down…...
3 engine changes during Indianapolis 500 practice have sent Chevrolet and teams in search of answers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (197+ words) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) " Alexander Rossi's crew spent Wednesday night changing the engine in his car....
Canadian Grand Prix organizers prepare for earlier race date, possible Habs run
1+ week, 4+ day ago (26+ words) MONTREAL " Organizers of the Canadian Grand Prix say they're ready for their new, earlier slot on the Formula One calendar, even if it raises the possibility...
Cadillac's stars-and-stripes Miami debut as the new F1 team races on US soil
3+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) " It was less than 14 months ago that Cadillac's frustrating push to enter Formula 1 finally came to an end and the team was approved...
Formula 1 opens its season at the Australian GP with plenty of questions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (800+ words) The first, and most pressing, at the milestone 40th Australian Grand Prix was the potential postponement or cancellation of upcoming F1 races in the Middle East on April 12 and 19 in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. That's due to the war involving the United…...
Aston Martin and Adrian Newey are racing to sort out a dud car as F1 season begins
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (705+ words) What do you get when Formula 1s most successful car designer takes full control of a team with cutting-edge technology? A dud, apparently. The big surprise of F1 preseason testing was seeing design great Adrian Neweys radical-looking Aston Martin at the bottom…...
Indonesia hires former Canada coach Herdman after missing World Cup qualification again
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (175+ words) The 50-year-old Englishman replaces Patrick Kluivert, who left as coach in October. The Indonesian soccer federation said Saturday that Herdman is "not just a coach, but a football architect with a strong track record of taking teams to the World…...
Showmanship returns at Chanel as designer Blazy debuts under a sky of planets
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) At Paris Fashion Week, its new designer Matthieu Blazy opened the season's most anticipated debut beneath colossal celestial bodies " Saturn with its rings, a full solar system suspended above a jet-black and a mirror-bright runway " staking a claim for theater…...